Behind the conspiracy theories
On television, a couple of celebrity anchors were discussing the rising tide of conspiracy theories in Pakistan. One of the anchors complained that everyone in Pakistan is a foreign agent…
On television, a couple of celebrity anchors were discussing the rising tide of conspiracy theories in Pakistan. One of the anchors complained that everyone in Pakistan is a foreign agent…
The sufferings of Pakistani poor and less privileged classes will not end unless elitist structures are dismantled and the society is restructured on the principles of equity, fairness and justice…
US President Barack Obama is just six months into his second term in office, and the challenges facing the leader could not be further from the optimism that marked his…
During Myanmar's socialist era, private trade in pulses and beans was dampened by death threats. "State buyers would tell farmers that if they didn't sell them their beans they would…
ONCE again fear of the awkward looms in Kashmir. On Thursday India`s Border Security Force (BSF) opened indiscriminate fire upon a group of Kashmiris demonstrating in Gool village killing four…
The ruling elites of Pakistan - military-judiciary-civil complex, businessmen-turned-politicians and absentee land owners - are responsible for the present economic mess, that has pushed the country into a deadly debt…
On June 3, in my column entitled ‘Know your worth, General’, I had suggested that the prime minister follow the instructions given by the Supreme Court and advise the attorney…
RISING militancy accompanies the spreading turmoil in the Islamic world. The coup in Cairo to oust the Muslim Brotherhood`s president Mohamed Morsi is symptomatic of the tumult and conflict that…
Pakistan seems to have become fertile ground for creating history. In March this year, for the first time in the country’s history, popularly elected national and provincial legislatures completed their…
Declaring a state of emergency on Nov 3, 2007, Musharraf held the constitution of Pakistan “in abeyance”. Article 6, Clause (1) in effect on November 3, 2007 did not describe…